I wonder if there's anyway to run embedded C programs on the 7100 device, below the Java VM layers, and above the OS.

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However, according to what I've found, 7100 runs on an ARM processor, and nothing should prevent one from running compiled C/C++ programs on the processor.

Does anyone have any idea on this? Thanks.

I too would love to know about this. Has anyone tried hacking on it? In theory we should be able to cross-compile almost any language to the BB's processor, if we have a way of discovering the system calls and loading the code. I'd be interested in working with others on figuring it out, if someone knows how to start.